I finally got around to tackling the yearly survey from Amanda of A Noodle in a Haystack. It was lots of fun. Thanks for putting this together Amanda:

1. What is your favorite movie starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, excluding all of The Thin Man films?

Love Crazy (1941) is hilarious. The first time I saw it, I couldn't believe I hadn’t heard of it before. Why isn’t it a huge classic?

2. Name a screen team that appeared in only one film together but are still noteworthy for how well they complimented each other.

It was great luck that Carole Lombard and Cary Grant had the chance to work together in In Name Only (1939)

3. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' best film together?

Swing Time (1936)

4. Your favorite actor named "Robert"?

Robert Mitchum

5. An actor/actress who, when you see one of their movies, you always wish that someone else was in his/her role?

I don’t get Greer Garson.

6. An actor/actress that someone close to you really loves that you can't stand or vice versa?

My husband doesn't get Kim Novak, but I adore her.

7. An actor/actress that you both agree on completely?

My husband is on board with me about James Cagney. He didn’t like him much personally after reading his autobiography though. I told him, he’s an actor, they have big egos!

8. Complete this sentence: Virginia O'Brien is to Ethel Merman as...

Hedy Lamarr is to Paulette Goddard (I based my choice on facial expressiveness--is that a word?)

9. What is your favorite film starring Ray Milland?

The Univited (1944), I liked him as a romantic hero.

10. You had to have seen this one coming: what is your favorite movie of the 1960s?

La Dolce Vita (1960)

11. An actor/actress that you would take out of one film and put into a different movie that was released the same year?

I would have loved to have seen Marilyn Monroe star in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) . I thought Audrey Hepburn was a great Holly Golightly, and it has long been one of my favorite movies, but I always wonder how Monroe would have approached the role.

12. Who was your favorite of Robert Montgomery's leading ladies?

Ms. Shearer

13. You think it would have been a disaster if what movie starred the actor/actress who was originally asked to star in it?

Hedy Lamarr in Casablanca (1942)*shudder* (I do like Hedy Lamarr—in the right role)

This deliciously creepy 'toon is definitely not for the kids. James Mason flawlessly narrates a surreal animated version of the classic Poe tale. Mason had such a talent for creating crazed, but strangely sympathetic villains. His tone fits the bleak, mysterious animation perfectly.

The flick has an interesting history. Apparently, it was originally meant to be made in 3-D, though there is no evidence that it was ever exhibited in that format. It was also the first cartoon to receive a British X-rating. Though it was nominated for an Academy Award, the 'toon lost out to a Disney short. In 2001, it was selected for the National Film Registry as a historically significant film.

This is an interesting review of Carnival of Souls (1962), the great independent horror flick-- Movie Morlocks/TCM

The people who work with Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton must get tired of smacking themselves in the head whenever he speaks--Alt Film Guide

Movie studios didn’t waste time when they rejected scripts in the 1900s-- Cinematical

A woman on a cell phone at a Charlie Chaplin premiere? Hmm, I can think of a lot of other things this woman could be doing. I do think it’s interesting that this story has popped up during the Back to the Future 25th anniversary celebration. How amusing that this fellow has spent so much time on this. It certainly could make some cash for his “cause”-- Cinematical

Have you seen Psycho (1960) recently? I watched it again this summer; it was the first time in years. It plays in perfect tempo, like a piece of well-crafted music— Cinematical

Mr. Maltin reviews the new Cecil B. deMille bio. Sounds like a good one— Movie Crazy

Loony Tunes will release its notoriously racist cartoons. I watched these on YouTube, and found them historically interesting, but I can’t imagine having them in my home. I’d feel like they were burning a hole through the shelf in my entertainment center-- Cinematical